what a day. I woke up feeling nua.. I thought of God and thanked Him for this new day. My dad went to buy breakfast for me n my bro.. I couldnt wait anymore and ate 2 digestive biscuits.. Man, it tasted so good. 24 hrs without food was quite a challenge, but "overcomable". First period was maths but i couldn't stay awake! I was hoping the lemon Fisherman's lozenger could perform some kind of miracle, but it was in vain! I blamed the full breakfast for that.. haha.. Civics was great. Funny.. Our school invited the 1999 manhunt winner for a talk about social etiquette.. I thought he was charismatic. But not the type I'd go out with.. haha.. Too stressful. I must admit that sometimes I don't have xing xiang. Ya, just let loose! What for give yourself unnecessary worries.. Today, 30 june 2005, I broke my record of breaking an apparatus during chemistry practical. The practical was designed in such a way whereby they didn't give room for errors. If you had an anomalous result, gone case. You won't have enough time to finish gracefully.. Right from the start I did some no-common-sense mistakes and man.. demoralised. Nvm.. work harder for the next test.. I think failures + right attitude propell us to a higher level and in everything I do, I must excel! And of cos I can't do it without the strength of God.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21

2nd day of school. And am still surviving well.. hehe.. Had PC to kick start the day.. man.. it was kind of stretching for me.. Running on the treadmill is so different from running on the track! And to think that after gymming.. 6 rounds are conquerable.. Worse still, i had a full breakfast earlier.. I could feel my semi-digested food piling up in my esophagus haha.. napfa coming up! gotta train for my 2.4.. haha.. must breakthrough this yr! =) Had a bio test straight after. I thought it was a relatively easy paper, thank God, but it was tricky. So, hope for the best. =)

*A love song, I sing to You.*

Wah first day of school today.. Better than i expected.. It was all lectures for me.. Had a new timetable which i think is better too. Earlier dismissals.. Bio test tmr, hope I can do better.. I believe life is all about looking forward and moving on.. Fell down? You stand up and stop whining..

I went to the airport after school to send jane off... I teared a little when she was about to leave at the departure gate... I walked past it earlier and i saw people hugging and saying their goodbyes.. things like that always make me wanna.. cry... Or maybe i'm a lil' emotional today.. ha.. kind of moody today.. maybe cos it's the first day of school? or more likely it's the bio test tmr.. or maybe it's becos.. i've done things i shouldn't have done..

*God, teach me to be more like You*

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Cell group meeting was really FANTASTIC!!!! From the games right up to the fellowship.. Praise was solid! There was an excitement in the air, you could literally feel it! Worship too! A lot of people spoke up in faith and really flowed.. edifying! =) At the end of the cg meeting.. We presented Jane her farewell videoclip.. man.. it was so touching.. and of cos jane cried! (that was our motive heeeheee) We prayed for her and gave her the farewell gifts.. took photos.. YA!! That's what a cg is about! LOVE for people! Through the good n bad times.. We're sending her off on monday.. Another crying session again! 3 yrs 7 mths in Melbourne! Hopefully i can have enough cash to fly over there for a visit! =)

Our cg is really happening!! After cg meeting at Darren's house, we went over to Jean's house to celebrate her bday!! =) 11 coursed buffet la! haha.. It's no wonder people have been commenting on my size.. LOL.. Okie, note taken. =)

School's starting! Blessing in disguise i should say.. How I wish I can lose weight by exercising my brain!! Ya okie, fat hope.. argh, the word 'fat'.. argh, again! Okie, it's not like I have a phobia for fats.. anyway, i'm more motivated to lose weight when ppl start commenting haha.. so by all means, help me! =) Furthermore, my self-esteem is not that low, so I'll not be that affected emotionally.. haha. (cos i always think it's my muscle mass that causes the increase in weight.. hahaha.. okie don't laugh at me now.) heehee..

Wow.. Take a look at this..

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Jesus died for us so that we can fully experience God's goodness! We are no longer under the dominion of sins and now can fellowship with God. =) How amazing.. I feel so.. FREE!!! =)

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How it is feel to have a meal with people who slurp up their food? It's like a total turn-off. Can't they just shove their spoons a little deeper into their mouths.. the energy used is negligible compared to having to suck up the food.. I totally don't understand.

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SIAN!!!!! woken up by my brother.. This is a cruel thing a brother can do to a sister in the middle of the night.. totally frustrated. God, help me to live with him! Give me a strong and tolerant heart! Ok, actually i'm much better now. =) just that it'd be hard for me to sleep again later..

Apart from that, i had not a bad day! Gary kicked start my day by calling and waking me up, asking if i wanna go visit bimei at the hospital with him.. i blurily answered cannot.. cos i've a date with cai! at the gym.. hehehe.. Gyming can be interesting if u go with a friend. And the best part about a gym is that we are motivated to crucify our flesh due to the calory indictor and the countdown timer.. haha.. Oh ya, plus a lot of fit guys who are normally not very good looking. The gym also has a big mirror which is kind of deceiving.. this makes me like to look into it.. It also has a weighing machine, which hopefully, is inaccurate.. But well, maybe that is to compromise the deceiving mirror and bring us back to earth.. and the cruel reality. Went to cai's house after that.. wanted to watch a movie intially but her brother came back from army suddenly.. sigh. so we ended up watching what? channel 8 variety show.. haha.. and making fun of 'the red dress' HAHA.. my dad came to fetch me and ya that's more or less my day. =)

Thought of the day: Ever met someone who is too good to be true? I have!

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what a day!

Woke up early for Madagascar at 1010am! man.. That was the earliest movie i've ever watched! Went with damian.. He treated!! yay! There were only around 10 people in the theatre.. haha.. And the show was so funny and cute. Haha..

After the show i went to do my chemistry hw at jurong east library (have to catch up!).. while he went to his grandma's.. Cai joined me later.. haha we were at Cafe Galilee and we bought nothing.. then the so-called waiter came over to us and paisehly asked us to buy a drink or sth.. hahahaha.. so funny la. han na han na buy la!! HAHAha...

After that cai went to work and my dad came to fetch me.. and we went to have dinner with my bro as well.. and i tell u, eating with guys is never quite fun.. they always eat so fast. But one thing good is when sharing desserts with guys, they always allow you to have the bigger portion.. =) anyway, after dinner we went to amk cc cos my bro wanted to watch a bball match.. me n my dad went for dessert and met yeekiat! haha.. He walked past me with his back facing me and i was quite sure it was him by the way he walks but i didn't dare to shout his name (scarly wrong person) so i called his hp haha and asked him to look behind.. at first he thot i was making a prank call haha.. what'd a jurong girl do in amk? haha.. he came over and we chatted for a while.. he left and so me n my dad went to join my bro to watch the match.. it was.. very interesting. The white team comprised mainly of tall and framed guys but vice versa for the black team.. sad for them. ha.. me n my dad blacklisted No. 14 of the black team hahaha.. went home after that. =)

nice day!

Thot of the day: Nobody is perfect (ya cliche..) the near-perfect one may be just right in front of us.. if we keep ourselves busy looking for better ones.. we may not even see what has already been 'presented' to us..

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wow such an exciting weekend!!

friday

celebrated bro edmund n sis jiahui's birthdays! A lot of zone members went down specially for that and hehe.. it was supposedly meant to be a surprise.. But bro ed was sharp la.. he knew it already. haha.. It was a thrill for us to try to sneak around the auditorium.. hahaha.. but me and cai were most pro.. we were sitted at the floor area (back of A2) imagining if bro ed was to walk past us, how terrible that'd be and we actually joked about it. haha.. and the next thing we knew.. he did just that.. lol.. i was totally stunned cos we didn't expect him to walk that way.. he saw us and gei gei asked with a mischievous smile, "here for service ah?" haha. me and cai burst out laughing till i turned into a tomato haha.. apart from that little incident.. the celebration was great!! As always.. =P I think everyone in the audi diverted their attention to us.. But it's okie haha.. oh ya the gifts were superb too, with an addition of 3000 bucks. woO.. Our zone supervisor and his wife what..!! Sacrificed so much of them for us... They deserved the blessings! =)

saturday

Had an awesome time during cell group meeting! Presence of God was strong in the place till sis jinlian was so overwhelmed that it was hard to preach! solid la.. we didn't have refreshment after that cos we went to jane's house to celebrate her bday!!! =) Lots of fun, food and friends! We had a great time of fellowship and bonding! as well as video shooting and photo taking (which often take ages) haha.. me and engchang had our share of shameful acts too.. =P

sunday

Woke up early to meet my cg for breakfast.. and man.. i was finally on time! I was at the cafe waiting for the rest and decided to compose a song for Jane's departure... And so i did! and it turned out well with editions here and there from a few members.. hehe.. can't wait to sing and see her cry.. hahaha.. Service was great as usual and i think Pst Kong is amazing! Had discipleship session with sis jl and a few cg members after lunch.. I'm always looking forward to that!! It's a time to grow and learn.. to see things from the leader's point of view and to discover our blindspots.. so as to help the entire cg, as well as ourselves, to go into another level. Today's was about how to gain people's respect. So blessed by it! =) After that we, and some zone members, headed down to Gleneagles hospital to visit Bro Ed and Sis JiaHui!! She has just given birth!!! Congrats!! She seemed to be recovering real fast and baby nicole too! She was peacefully sleeping like an angel in the midst of all our 'waaahh's and 'eeehh's haha.. Bro Ed showed us video clip and pictures of the deliverance process and i was so engrossed! Cos i've nv seen sth as real as that.. haha.. Our God is a God of creation! It's marvellous what beautiful things can be formed from His hands. Including me and you! =)

Fun day! Good night! =)

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Man.. Life is just unpredictable. You'll never know what you'll know next.. You'll never know what you'll get into at a turning point.. This makes life spicy huh? That's why it's always important to include the Holy Spirit in your journey, to guide and lead you. Sometimes we take matters into our own hands assuming we can handle them.. but it's like going into a jungle without a compass.. the more you think you can nagivate your way, the deeper into the jungle u go..

*Leave it to the Master*

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wah emerge was greeeeatt!!! Presence of God was so strong!! I couldn't help but to weep each day.. touched by God. We serve a living God! A God who is so real to us just like our friends and a God who is nearer to us than our very breath. I'm so motivated now to do so much more for Him.. He only deserves the best cos He's a perfect almighty God. He can melt the hardest heart.. transform the messiest life.. and resurrect a dead dream. i'm loving Him more and more each day!!

Had the extreme adventure ytd.. man.. it was really.. extreme. We had to canoe, cycle, carry our bikes up steep slopes, more cycling, run, climb and more running.. the dragon trail was really tough.. And we had to do all these in the mid afternoon sun.. I nearly gave up halfway, my calf muscles were like saturated and i had stitches.. but i couldn't.. that was a pair-work.. the least i must do was to try my best and finish the race.. and so we did and came in 4th.. the top 3 were simply awesome and deserved to win. But i feel, at the end of the day, all who completed the race were winners who fought and overcame the psychological battle up there.

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Went to the gym again!! haha.. with alice and cai.. best buds! Very satisfying workouts hahaha.. Training for the extreme adventure this thursday.. *inhales deeply* can't wait for emerge tmr!!!! It's finally coming!!! and YAY!!! i'll be singing in the choir!! all 3 days! hahaha.. so excitinggg... =)

Anyway, i was reading this book "Know Why You Believe" borrowed from Alice.. it was so captivating la.. i read till 3.30 in the morning.. and of cos i have my "the Ultimate Secret Garden" to keep me company.. =) the book is really good.. my faith is renewed + increased. It tells us about God and why do we believe in Him..

How do i know the God and Jesus Christ of the bible is true??

-objective (external factors: historical facts)

-subjective (personal experiences with God)

And who created God?

-the cause and effect law (why is the letter in yr mailbox? cos the postman put it in)

-God being eternal, is not an effect and thus doesn't require a cause.

So power right.. i'm beginning to have back my child-like faith.. =)

k la have to rest early tonight to prepare for the action-pact tmr! hahaha..

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ah, gym was fun!!! Especially when we were trying to figure out how to use the equipments.. hahaha. this was the first time we went to a 'real' gym la.. i didn't know that it's compulsory to bring a towel! hahaha.. it was fun la =) after that we went to eat and gained back those calories haha.. okie la have to get ready for prayer meeting now.. at redhill! its gonna be goOd~ =)

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ah laaa... my bro went to restart the com ytd.. so my entrty was erased.. anyway, to sum up, i went for a hair cut at 'shirleen mah' not bad.. first time being cut by a guy haha.. and it was cheap also la.. much better than the previous one at JP.. beside value shop (highly not recommanded) haha.. I blessed myself with a cd too! =) Sth i wanted but was in a tight budget.. saw it at MJ for 15.90!! of cos grab la.. Sembawang selling for 19.90.. HMV ard that price also.. pro-MJ! haha.. the cd is called "the ultimate secret garden".. very very nice.. best played in a garden.. hahaha.. anyway i have ripped it into my com so i'll be putting up some as my blog song.. =)

Met zhan peng just now to pass him my gp work.. So kind of him to want to hand up for this lazy bum.. haha.. He woke me up la.. and i have to pia my last part.. nice start to my day. haha.. have to go now.. meeting alice for gym! haha..

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haha.. i went shopping this afternoon with diana. =) bought nothing in the end except a small round cake for my dad.. hahaha.. so funny la. he picked me up at orchard and we went to dine at the revolving resturant.. He said that brought him back a lot of memories that was why he chose that place... I was so young the last time i went.. but the same small fish aquarium was still there right at the door step.. and the lift.. and almost everything else. It was like walking back in history.. I remembered being so fascinated by the 'turning'.. haha. Anyway, we had quite a sumptuous dinner.. all ordered by my dad.. haha.. birthday boy what.. haha, before looking at the bill he told us sth like "i pay 200, if there's extra, split between both of u.." haha, it turned out to be 134 plus so each of us got 30 bucks! YAY! =) He gave me 40 cos previously i answered correctly a question he asked.. hehehehe.. which is very lame la..

Him: "If you guess the name of that building, u get 10 dollars"

Me: "great world city"
hahaha.. oh ya the cake! Tragic ending la. i brought all the way home and put in my fridge cos the chocolate is melting la. i tried to hide it in the fridge behind my fresh milk.. Nice try........ He found out.. and took it out.. lol.. sounded quite surprised but i think he somehow knew it la.. lol.. he thanked me and i asked him to light the candle.. lol.. he lighted and held the cake.. after that he switched off the lights himself.. then i asked him to make a wish.. he was like standing there holding the cake and wishing.. LOL~ so funny la!! cos only can see his face.. lol.. after he was done, he on the lights and cut the cake.. lOL.. it's like.. celebrating for himself with himself la.. LOL.. cos my bro was sleeping and i was at my com.. lol.. anyway, nice day la. =)

J.Lo in "Monster in law" : "Life is too short to live the same day twice."

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It's my dad's bday today.. HOW!!! haven't gotten him anything... have been busy.. howhowhow.. Get him a shirt? or a cake with 5 candles (he's half a century young)? but that's so .. blase? ah! buy him a big balloon which writes 'happy birthday!!!'? haha.. that's really something for a big guy. kk i shall go toys'r'us later.. hmmm what else.......... a bright polo tee? lol.. too much for him la.. or...... a spa voucher? for a guy? gd idea! then he will want me to go with him and he'll pay for me! tie! OR WHAT........ sigh. generation gap.. he's bringing us to this resturant which revolves and he wants to reach by 630 to watch the sunset.... so i must get the stuff before that!!!! HOW! the least i can do is.. to buy a cake, shirt and a balloon which i will make sure he carries to the resturant hahahaha.. evil.. this is only a mild sabotage la.. afraid his heart can't take it haha.. okie la settled. gdnite.